From the early '80s when the West Indies (AKA "The Windies") were still a force in world cricket... it is a personal favorite among my scribblings...

MARKING TIME

Tom Waits on the stereoJim Beam in my handCricket on the TVTrouble in the stands

But I got this lady on my mindTime full aheadDon't know how to fill the gulfSo I fill my glass instead

Well there's a big fat world out there somewhereJust spinning in and out of lightAnd it's the shadows that this makes I'd like to chaseIf I weren't too busy marking time

Watch the Windies take another wicketAs Tom serenades his Jersey GirlAnd everything comes to lifeAs these images unfurl

But I got this lady on my mindTime tickin' in my brainDon't know what to doSo I fill my glass again

Well there's a big fat world out there somewhereJust spinning in and out of lightAnd it's the shadows that this makes I'd like to chaseIf I weren't too busy marking time

Now the cricket makes way for an adAs Tom takes her on all the ridesAnd somehow it all makes senseJust like the risin' of the tides

But I got this lady on my mindTime movin' in a warpDon't know how to break on throughSo I drink another quart

Well there's a big fat world out there somewhereJust spinning in and out of lightAnd it's the shadows that this makes I'd like to chaseIf I weren't too busy marking time

Well there's a big fat world out there somewhereJust spinning in and out of lightAnd it's the shadows that this makes I'd like to chaseIf I weren't too busy marking time

_________________Mixing Pop and Politics he asks me what the use isI offer him embarrassment and my usual excusesWhile looking down the corridorOut to where the van is waitingI'm looking for the Great Leap Forward Billy Bragg-----------------------------Australians don't mind criminals: It's successful bullshit artists we despise. Lachie Hulme -----------------------------The Cold War ran on bullshit. Me